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Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A visually stunning journey to the end of the world with the hardy and devoted people who live there year-round. The research stations scattered throughout the continent host a close-knit international population of scientists, technicians and craftsmen. Isolated from the rest of the world, enduring months of unending darkness followed by periods when the sun never sets, Antarctic residents experience firsthand the beauty and brutality of the most...
3) Cow
Publisher
IFC Films
Language
English
Formats
Description
Acclaimed director Andrea Arnold’s first documentary immerses the audience in life on a dairy farm in rural England through the eyes of Luma, a cow. Empathetic and nearly wordless, the film opens during calving season and captures a world of animal existence that is ordered around service to humans.
Publisher
YMAA Publication Center
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The Chen 56-form is a combination of the first two traditional Chen forms (Lao Jia Yi Lu and Er Lu), designed for beginning students to be used for demonstration and competitions. It is taught with detailed step-by-step instruction, and broken into four sections for easy learning.
Publisher
Beyond Words Publishing
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"We spend the majority of our lives in a kind of hibernation: functional but separate from the source of our being. What can we do to wake up? Catharina Roland explores this crucial question, inviting us to share in her deeply enriching journey to discover how we can be whole again, how we can heal ourselves and the environment we live in, and how we can leave the cocoons of our perception to face our own selfishness and fears. Through lessons from...
6) Poverty, Inc
Publisher
Passion River Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The West has positioned itself as the protagonist of development, giving rise to a vast multi-billion dollar poverty industry; the business of doing good has never been better. Yet the results have been mixed, in some cases even catastrophic, and leaders in the developing world are growing increasingly vocal in calling for change. Drawing from over 200 interviews filmed in twenty countries, the film unearths an uncomfortable side of charity we can...
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
Outsider artist Harald Olson and his eccentric patron Jimmy Olinkiewicz found each other on Shelter Island, NY, and teamed up to sell paintings roadside. The semi-homeless painter and the father of an autistic child were magically connected, and together took friendship to a new level when they secured a major gallery showing of Olson's unconventional work in NYC. An elegant, beautiful tale of how art, compassion and creativity can unlock hidden potential...
13) Built beautiful
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
For centuries, humans have sought to express beauty in architecture and art, but it is only recently that neuroscience is helping to determine how and why beauty plays an important role in our wellbeing.Architects and neuroscientists are embarking on a new field of study in which subliminal responses to one's built environment may influence the future of design. Experts argue that positive subliminal reactions lead to a pleasurable experience, one...
Publisher
Dance Vision
Pub. Date
�2005
Language
English
Description
Seductive steps. Exotic beats. Passionate movements, and explosive turns. These are some of the elements of the Latin dance known as Salsa. Donald Johnson and Kasia Kozak teach a simplified Salsa for beginners that still allows him or her to experience Salsa dancing.
16) Mountain
Publisher
Greenwich Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From Tibet to Australia, Alaska to Norway armed with drones, Go-Pros and helicopters, director Jennifer Peedom has fashioned an astonishing symphony of mountaineers, ice climbers, free soloists, heliskiers, snowboarders, and parachuting mountain bikers. Willem Dafoe provides a narration sampled from British mountaineer Robert Macfarlane's acclaimed memoir Mountains of the Mind.
17) Meru
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Three renowned climbers navigate nature's harshest elements and their own complicated inner demons to ascend Mount Meru, the most technically complicated and dangerous peak in the Himalayas.
18) Dog
Series
Publisher
DK Pub
Pub. Date
[2010], c1994
Language
English
Description
Tracks the transformation of these wild pack animals into today's popular and loyal pets. Discover the wolf connections that give dogs their hunting, courting, mating, and social traits, and found out what a dog's life is really all about.
Publisher
Kantola Productions
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Susan Packard's three keys to great leadership: leaders are connected, leaders keep their organizations fresh, and leaders show courage. Easier said than done? Sharing lessons learned from failures as well as successes, Packard describes how to stay connected to customers and colleagues, always remembering that connections are reciprocal. She explains how innovation maintains your freshness while keeping your team motivated and engaged. And she details...
20) Bite size
Publisher
BOND/360
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"America's battle against childhood obesity is an issue too big for many to fully comprehend. With one in three children overweight, the epidemic is sweeping our nation at an unforgiving rate. But in spite of these odds, Bite size showcases the stories of four inspiring kids from diverse backgrounds who are fighting for their health one day at a time. Proving that it's not just about the number on a scale, what really matters is learning what keeps...
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